Certified Crane Care Tech Tip: Importance of Ongoing Service

Each day you use your crane and
hoist to lift your business to the next level. Your customers and clients
depend on you to deliver your service and product with affordable precision.
Co-workers and employees trust you to provide safe well maintained tools and equipment.
Performing the necessary periodic inspections in addition to daily safety
inspections of chains, motors, wiring and hooks provides immediate protection
from preventable workplace injury, damage and repairs.

How often you inspect your crane is based
on several different factors:

1.Type of Equipment

2.Application

3.Duty cycle

4.Manufacturer's minimum
requirements

Type of Equipment

All cranes are not
created equal. Does a single girder crane with a two mph motor require the same
maintenance as a multiple girder crane with a five mph lift capacity? This is
information you can discuss with your service and inspection provider to make sure
you're doing everything possible between the inspections to keep your crane in
optimal condition.

Application

All jobs are not created
equal. The wear and tear on your machine is directly connected to what you’re
lifting and how often you lift each load. Hoisting large metal frames is going
to create different points of tension and wear down different parts than
transporting large bales of fabric and pallets. Using wire ropes instead of
slings will change the type of maintenance and frequency of the parts you
inspect and service.

Duty Cycle

Duty cycle of your crane
and hoist must be considered when creating a maintenance and inspection
schedule. Finding problems to prevent is much more cost effective than
repairing breakdowns. When to maintain and inspect your overhead crane and
hoist should be as customized based on the duty cycle of both pieces of
equipment since they are used as a unit.

Manufacturer's Minimum
Requirements

Whether you're overhead
crane was customized by a full service crane and hoist provider like Ace Gaffey
or built from a kit minimum maintenance and inspection requirements are set in
place by the manufacturer. Inspections for hoists and chains should be
performed daily before the first use and periodic inspections according
to OSHA guidelines.

Certified Crane Care is here to help you with your overhead crane and hoist. Our expertise includes Fall Protection training, inspections, repairs, modifications and modernization to help your company meet and exceed your operation needs.

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OSHA has their feet in almost every guideline for every industry. It is good to have these types of companies to help make sure that everyone is certified and is working in a safe manner. We want to keep accidents from happening if possible in any job. Especially something big like a crane that could hurt a lot of people. http://www.cranerigcorp.com/

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It's interesting how much maintenance needs to go into heavy machinery in order to make it a worthwhile investment. I'd imagine that's especially true for cranes. It's definitely no light investment to be made. There are probably some different situations that it would be a good idea to rent a crane instead of purchasing it. http://www.isecranes.com/#!rentals

It could be really bad for a company to have their crane stop working. I have often seen these large buildings going up and an industrial sized crane near by. If that crane malfunctions for even part of the work day, everything essentially stops. That is a hard adjustment to correct when you are responsible for putting up a building. http://amquipinc.com/

Very interesting and useful post. Of course, I agree. Everyone should use the equipment(cranes, hoists) with proper inspection not only the cost effective way. But it also helps you to reduce the workplace accidents. That is why OSHA regularly updated their guidelines. This is more beneficial for all types of industries. Hoists